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The Mach 6.7 X-15 Rocket Plane Has A Message for the U.S. Air Force
America built the X-15 to get flight data in the unknown between airplanes and spacecraft. -The rocket-powered, Inconel-X research plane, air-dropped from a B-52 and driven by a throttleable XLR99, ...
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The X-15 was a Starfighter in All But Name
The X-15 was a key bridge between conventional atmospheric flight and spaceflight. The North American X-15 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever created in the history of aviation and space ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: The X-15’s Mach 6.7 flight record has remained unbeaten for over half a century. The date was October 3rd, 1967. U.S. Air Force test pilot William Knight... Here’s What ...
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